Grave marker



Dec.A 28, 192e.

H. L. BROWN GRAVE MARKER Filed NOv. 28, 1925 @2W NToR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

UNITED Y STATES HERMAN L. BROWN, 0F CLINTON, INDIANA.

GRAVE MARKER.

Application inea November 2s, 1925. sel-mino. rises.

This invention relates to grave markers and it has for an object the provision of novel means for inserting face cards bearing data relative to the person whose grave is marked; and the said invention has for an object the provision of novel means whereby a grave marker may be made and in which the indicia or record card may be encased and protected from access of dust and other elements which would serve to disiigure the plate or card bearing the indicia.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a marker of the character indicated in which the cross arm is made to receive indicia cards or plates and which may thereafter be closed at the ends so that access to the interior of the cross arm may be obviated or prevented.

lt is a still further object of this invention to produce a grave marker of the character indicated being capable of practically universal use and which may be kept in stock ready for use and in a complete state except for the indicia to be placed on the face plate or card, the said invention having novel means for permitting the sealing of the end of the cross arm after the parts have been assembled.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation showing a grave marker embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of the cross arm end closure;

Figure 4 illustrates a perspective View of a modified end closure; and

Figure 5 illustrates a perspective view of a further modification.

In these drawings, the grave marker is illustrated as having a cross arm 6 and the said cross arm is formed preferably of metal `and it is rectangular, having a solid back 7,

an integral end 8, integral upper and lower sides 9 and 10, respectively, and the said end and sides terminate in flanges 11 which form shoulders for engaging the transparent front plate 12, through which indicia on the card or plate 13 may be observed. A follower or backing plate 14 bears against the indicia. card or plate and these assembled elements are held normally outward with the plate 12 in engagement with the shoulders by means of springs 15 that extendlongitudinally of the cross arm and are bent so that their ends lie against the inner surface of the back 7 and their central bowed portions bear against the follower plate 14.

After the parts have been nested or inserted in the cross arm in the manner just indicated, it is the purpose of the inventor that the open end of the cross arm shall be sealed and that the seal shall be retained in place aga-inst accidental displacement. To the end just noted, one form of the end closure, as illustrated in Fig. 3, comprises an end plate 16 which has a relatively long flangelf on one edge which is intended to be inserted int-he end of the cross arm with the liange 17 bearing against the inner surface of the back 7 of the cross arm. A relatively short iiange 18 which is also integral with the plate 16 is intended to lit back of the shoulders 11 at the ends of the cross arm and back of a cross or facing strip 19 connecting the upper and lower lianges 11 at the open end of the cross arm. The plate has ears 2O at its ends which are intended to be bent down on the outside of the top and bottom sides and they may be secured thereto in any appropriate way, as by solder or the like.

ln that form of the invention shown in Fig. v4, the end closing plate 21 slides between flanges 22 and 23, the latter of which is integral with a cross arm having a back similar to the back 7, and the former of which is integral with a plate such as 19 which is attached to the flanges, as heretofore described. ln this last mentioned form, the upper side plate 9 is extended at its end to form an ear 24 that is apertured to receive a spur 25, which spur after it has been seated in the aperture of the ear is bent at an angle in order that removal of the end closure 21 will be prevented.

rEhat form of the invention shown in Fig.

5 comprises a plate 26 with side flanges 27 A and 28 and end flanges 29 and 30. The flanges 27 and 28 converge slightly at their inner edges and the inner edges of the flanges 29 and 30 likewise converge so that by the construction the lianges of the plate taper inwardly. Then the device of Fig. 5 is to be used for closing the end of a cross arm, it may be inserted in the open end of the cross arm and secured therein by soldering, spot Welding or the like.

The cross arm is provided with holes lOa in the lower side 10 to permit the escape of Water that might find its Way to the interior of the cross arm, and the end of the marker standard has an aperture for the escape of Water that might ind its Way into the standard.

I claim:

In a grave marker, a standard, a cross arm thereon comprising a. rectangular body having a front and back Wall, upper and lower Walls, the said upper and lower Walls'being spaced apart and provided With inwardly eXf tending flanges forming guides, an extension on the upper Wall projecting over the guides and provided With an aperture in substantial alinement with the guides, a closure for the end of the erm Comprising a plate slidable in the guides and having a spur eX- tending through the aperture of the extension, the said spur being distortable whereby the closure is retained in place.

HERMAN L. BROWN. 

